Arc 18Chapters 426–432

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Ch. 426White-Robed Immortal Emperor, Must Fight

A vast Immortal Realm force led by Xu Baisi confronted Su Hao in the Chiqing Realm, accusing him of killing Immortal Realm figures. Su Hao said a mysterious killer had framed him, but Xu Baisi urged him to return to Heaven and prove his innocence, leaving the dispute unresolved.

  • More than a thousand True Immortals and over twenty Immortal Kings arrived with Xu Baisi, but the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle declared that the Chiqing Realm was its territory and Su Hao was its friend.
  • Su Hao appeared beside the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle as the assembled factions accused him of killing their disciples and allies, including Xu Baisi's illegitimate son.
  • Su Hao denied the killings and said someone was using his name, then argued that the accusers had violated Heavenly Laws by descending without permission.
  • Xu Baisi said the evidence against Su Hao was compelling and invited him to Heaven to prove his innocence, while offering to keep him close until the real killer struck again.
  • Su Hao shook his head, and Xu Baisi argued that the killer's power made the idea of framing Su Hao seem implausible, winning support from the gathered immortals.

Ch. 427Repelling the Immortal Emperor, Seeking Cheng Zhen's Help

Su Hao repelled Xu Baisi and convinced him to stop pursuing the accusation that Su Hao had murdered his son. The other factions withdrew, but Jade Pool Heaven warned that the disguised culprit still posed a threat, and Southern Nether Emperor revealed that only a handful of vanished methods could imitate Su Hao and his abilities.

  • Su Hao defeated Xu Baisi in their brief battle, and Xu Baisi decided he was not his son's murderer and returned to the Immortal Realm.
  • Xu Baisi told the gathered cultivators that the White Immortal Spirit Peak lineage would no longer interfere, prompting Kunlun Heaven and the other factions to leave.
  • Flame Spirit Immortal and Water Moon Immortal questioned Su Hao about Jade Pool Heaven's losses, then departed without deciding he was guilty.
  • The Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle warned Su Hao that someone was framing him as part of a possible conspiracy.
  • Southern Nether Emperor told Su Hao that no more than five known methods could imitate his appearance and abilities, and that all had vanished.

Ch. 428Future Buddha, Retreat is the Best Strategy

Su Hao questioned Cheng Zhen about the plot against him, but Cheng Zhen offered to help only if Su Hao joined the Buddhist Palace and became the Future Buddha. After Cheng Zhen revealed that the Taiyuan Sword Realm was among the plotter’s targets, Su Hao suspected the scheme was intended to plunge the Immortal Realm into chaos and draw its powerful figures into the Human King Calamity.

  • Su Hao complained that trouble had found him despite his wish to cultivate peacefully, and Cheng Zhen explained that the path to sainthood could make Su Hao an obstacle to others.
  • Cheng Zhen offered to eliminate the threat if Su Hao joined the Buddhist Palace and became the Future Buddha, describing how the Past, Present, and Future Buddhas could unite and later separate.
  • Su Hao refused the offer and asked for information about the plotter, but Cheng Zhen demanded a creation supreme treasure in exchange.
  • As he vanished, Cheng Zhen revealed that the plotter wanted the Taiyuan Sword Realm.
  • Su Hao connected the target to the Sword Ancestor and suspected the plotter was causing chaos to draw powerful figures into the Human King Calamity.

Ch. 429Primordial Abyss Venerate Daoist Sanctum, Fate Is Set

Su Hao secretly left the Chiqing Realm with a small group of followers and hid in the Ancient Immortal-Devil Battlefield to absorb Talent Power and strengthen himself. By the third year, he reached the seventh-grade Earth Immortal realm and obtained the Primordial Abyss Venerate Daoist Sanctum, which could conceal him from anyone below the Saint realm.

  • Su Hao sent Su Mei into the Buzhou Mountain Soul and offered ten True Immortals the choice to stay in the Chiqing Realm or follow him; all ten chose to go.
  • Su Hao secretly spoke with the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle, then used the Buzhou Mountain Soul to take Phoenix Perch Mountain without alerting the outside world.
  • Su Hao traveled through the Netherwater Realm to the Ancient Immortal-Devil Battlefield and began absorbing the Talent Power scattered across its battlefields.
  • After one year of cultivating, Su Hao reached the sixth-grade Earth Immortal realm and gained many treasures, artifacts, immortal herbs, and divine abilities.
  • In the third year, Su Hao reached the seventh-grade Earth Immortal realm and obtained the Primordial Abyss Venerate Daoist Sanctum, which he immediately used to conceal himself.

Ch. 430Destroying the Chiqing Realm, the Divine Turtle Captured

The Heavenly Emperor ordered the White Tiger Star Lord to locate Xing Wenyin and destroy the Chiqing Realm, saying Su Hao’s fate was already decided. Ten years later, the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle was captured and the Chiqing Realm endured a succession of deadly calamities behind a seven-colored barrier.

  • The Heavenly Emperor failed to find Su Hao with the Profound Yellow Heavenly Secret Mirror and confronted the White Tiger Star Lord about his ties to Su Hao and Xing Wenyin.
  • The Heavenly Emperor ordered the White Tiger Star Lord to find Xing Wenyin and said the Chiqing Realm no longer needed to exist.
  • The White Tiger Star Lord chose to seek Xing Wenyin through their bloodline and soul connection, despite the danger it could pose to her.
  • Ten years later, the Heavenly Emperor’s forces unleashed the Heaven-Burning Fire Calamity on the Chiqing Realm, and three Immortal Emperors suppressed the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle.
  • A seven-colored barrier protected the Chiqing Realm from the fire, but the Heaven-Shaking Earth-Rock Calamity and further great calamities followed.

Ch. 431Primordial Origin Body, Innate Spirits

Su Hao watched a man with his own face destroy more than ten devil lands with a soul-devouring bone sword, then devoted himself to growing stronger. After a century, he reached the ninth rank of Earth Immortal and transformed his Innate Primordial Dao Embryo into the Primordial Origin Body, gaining a view of the Dao Fruit tree in Chaos.

  • Su Hao sensed the divine turtle's aura disappear but decided not to risk revealing his hiding place by contacting the outside world.
  • Su Hao flew the Abyss Venerate Daoist Sanctum into the Demon Realm to observe an Immortal Emperor-level battle and saw a black-robed man who looked exactly like him destroy more than ten devil lands and absorb countless souls.
  • Su Hao recognized the man's white bone sword as at least a Creation Supreme Treasure, and Wan Jun warned that it could devour sword spirits.
  • Su Hao devoured the Talent Power left behind and cultivated for a hundred years, reaching the ninth rank of Earth Immortal and transforming thirty-seven Talents.
  • Su Hao's Innate Primordial Dao Embryo advanced into the Primordial Origin Body, letting him perceive Chaos and the Dao Fruit tree, whose Dao Fruits in the Immortal Realm had decreased by one-fifth.

Ch. 432The Creation Jade Disc, The New Heavenly Dao

After centuries of cultivation, Su Hao used the Stellar Heaven-Viewing Mirror to witness the black-robed Su Hao kill Li Zhuo repeatedly with the Life-Extinguishing Desolation Sword. The resulting karmic force overwhelmed Su Hao, and the chapter left Cheng Zhen and Taiqing believing he was dead and that they would be the next targets.

  • The Heavenly Emperor dismissed the White Tiger Star Lord after he located Xing Wenyin, choosing not to pursue Su Hao.
  • A hundred years later, Su Hao reached the Heavenly Immortal realm, and Cheng Zhen, Taiqing, and the other disciples of the Heavenly Dao awakened to his progress.
  • Five hundred years later, Su Hao obtained the Stellar Heaven-Viewing Mirror and used it to observe the black-robed Su Hao devouring void aura and attacking immortals and demons.
  • A thousand years after that, the black-robed Su Hao killed Li Zhuo nine times, draining the Heavenly Dao's rainbow light, then sacrificed the Human King's blood to the Life-Extinguishing Desolation Sword.
  • Karmic force invaded Su Hao's sanctuary and shattered his defenses, while the Heavenly Emperor, Cheng Zhen, and Taiqing concluded that Su Hao was doomed and that the sword's wielder would target them next.
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